Archive for 'exercise'

Six Reasons Not to Walk After Dark

Sep. 22, 2009 No Comments Posted under: exercise, florida living, wildlife

1. Coyotes. Anything that looks like a dog but isn’t, and eats livestock…shudder.
2. Mutant mosquitoes. I probably got that new disease out of Africa, the one that the enormous freaky striped mosquitoes carry. Any mosquito that can create a breeze as it flies by is too stinking big.
3. It’s too hot to exercise. [...]

Thirty Day Shred–day two

Jun. 6, 2009 No Comments Posted under: diet, exercise, food

Holy moly, I hate to exercise. But as Jillian Michaels says, “You don’t get abs like these for free.” I really hate her sometimes, too.
I’m sore, but I’m more motivated to eat better when I exercise, so I’m at it again today. And while I like swimming laps more (I do hate [...]

Exercise

Mar. 9, 2009 2 Comments Posted under: exercise, just wondering, real life

One of our dogs, Honey, is a little porky. She’s not huge, just slightly overweight, kinda like me. Because unlike her sister, who is athletic and loves to run and jump and chase stuff, about the only thing Honey will run for is food. Also kind of like me. We try [...]

Exercise, really?

Nov. 11, 2008 1 Comment Posted under: being forty, exercise

#2 child and I decided this week that it was time for us to get in shape. Fortunately we have this OnDemand thing that has tons of 20 minute workouts–for free! How cool is that? It was meant to be, we had to do them. First we tried Carmen Electra hip-hop. Forty year old women [...]